Story Analysis: The Locket

The story " The Locket" was predictable because first i thought Octavie's lover Edmond was dead. In the story it made me mad knowing that Octavie was wearing a black dress for her death of Edmond, she took it seriously. Edmond's father told Octavie that ' on such a beautiful spring day one can believe in miracles' and her lover’s father and he asks her to remove her mourning . At first Octavie didn't know what Judge Piller means by that, She had been thinking what Judge Piller said to her. At the end of the story she realize that Edmond was alive, the person who was dead was another soldier who had stolen the locket from him. Judge Piller the ending of the story away because he knew that his son wasn't dead. In the story i felt bad for Octavie because
The Locket should have put that Octavie was with Edmond father house and that Edmond came home from the civil war and tell her that he missed her and loves her with all his heart. It would of been a romantic and mystery book. The end of the story was a happy ending because Octavie true love wasn't dead now she could live happy with Edmond and never separate from each other ever again. Octavie probably felt sad about the other solider but relieve that the locket was gone. The priest send her a letter that the locket its's like a curse locket that it's for death. Edmond should of at least wrote a letter to Octavie telling her that he is good and alive but he couldn't he was in the war fighting for the freedom rights of the slaves. Judge Piller was always there for Octavie when she was going through a lot. Octavie knew that Edmond was alive but she couldn't believe because she never got to see but at the end she saw how her lover Edmond was alive she didn't even know what to say but all we know she was happy. In the story the locket is suppose to be a good luck calm so nothing will happen to